In brief article on the “Mental Phase of Cold-catching,” the Lancet draws attention to the fact that colds are caught by the people who expect to catch them, and not, as a rule, by tlic people who do not. Few persons,” we are told, take cold who are not either self-consciously c

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Anchor Liner Macedonia now lies a total wreck broadside on a reef of rocks about thirty yards from a steep promontory of the Mull of Kintyre, and the surveyors are of opinion that she will shortly break up. There possibility access from land, and assistance sea can only be given

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Alesandee, Oke. Reid Co. ARE NOW SHOWING one of the Largest and Best Assorted Stocks of Single and Double PERAMBULATORS in the Trade. Intending purchasers should call and see the Value. Single and Double Perambulators from 12s to 30s. Single and Double Perambulators, with hood

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